Cubic forms; algebra, geometry, arithmetic by Yu. I. Manin

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But by construction, the three triangles around ABC are similar to triangle T . In particular, triangles T, A BC are similar, and we have: 48 (1) BC : CA : A B = : m : n, so the previous inequality can be written as · M A ≤ m · M B + n · M C. (2) By the triangle inequality (26), we have AA ≤ M A + M A , with equality if and only if M lies on segment AA . Multiplying this inequality by , and combining it with inequality (2), we find ·AA ≤ ·M A+ ·M A ≤ ·M A+m·M B +n·M C, with equality if and only if M lies on the intersection of circle A BC with segment AA ; that is, with point O.

Adding (1) and (2), we find that BC C > BF C, And since BF C = BB C, we have BC C > BB C. Now if two angles are unequal, their supplements are unequal in the opposite order, so AC C < BB A. Thus we have ABB = 180◦ − A − BB A < 180◦ − A − AC C = ACC ; that is, the condition that CBB > BCC implies the condition that ABB < ACC , which is equivalent to the first assertion of the problem statement. If we exchange the roles of points B and C, the same reasoning will show us that if BCC > CBB , then ACC < ABB .

Similarly, OT : OU = a1 : 1b . That is, OS : OT : OU = 1c : a1 : 1b . It now follows from the second lemma in the solution to exercise 197 that lines AO , BO , CO are symmetric to AO, BO, CO in the corresponding angle bisectors of ABC. This implies that O is the point obtained from O by the construction of exercise 197. (3◦ ). Quadrilateral ARO Q has two opposite angles equal to 90◦ , so it is cyclic. Therefore angles BAC, RO Q are supplementary, and it follows from 256 that |RO Q| : |ABC| = (O Q · O R) : bc.